diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index bff1886..51fe76b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ CHANGELOG
    :depth: 1
    :backlinks: top
 
+0.8.1
+======
+**(2023-07-30)**
+
+Fixed
+-----
+- a regression that spoiled generated copyright lines was rolled back;
+  author name and email will be separated by a space like before
+
+Added
+-----
+- many new additions from the `latest version`_ of the SPDX License List
+
+.. _latest version: https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/releases/tag/v3.21
+
 0.8.0
 ======
 **(2023-07-23)**
diff --git a/plugin/cpywrite.vim b/plugin/cpywrite.vim
index 693b851..d5bcb42 100644
--- a/plugin/cpywrite.vim
+++ b/plugin/cpywrite.vim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 if get(g:, 'loaded_cpywrite') | finish | endif
 let g:loaded_cpywrite = 1
 
-let g:cpywrite#version = '0.8.0'
+let g:cpywrite#version = '0.8.1'
 
 if empty(get(g:, 'cpywrite#default_license', ''))
     let g:cpywrite#default_license = 'Apache-2.0'
diff --git a/rplugin/python3/cpywrite/__init__.py b/rplugin/python3/cpywrite/__init__.py
index bc3518e..80c561a 100644
--- a/rplugin/python3/cpywrite/__init__.py
+++ b/rplugin/python3/cpywrite/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                      ```````
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '0.8.1'
 __authors__ = ['Robert Di Pardo']
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/rdipardo/vim-cpywrite'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index a3df0a6..6f4eebd 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.0
+0.8.1